Max Samec
Max Samec , Maximilian (Maksimilijan) Samec, (born June 27, 1881 in Kamnik , † July 1, 1964 in Ljubljana ) was a Yugoslav chemist.
Samec, the son of a doctor, received his doctorate in inorganic chemistry from the University of Vienna in 1904 . Then he was an assistant at the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics , where he also carried out balloon flights. He was the founder of the chemistry department at the University of Ljubljana and the founder and head of the Boris Kidrič chemistry institute of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Ljubljana.
He dealt with the chemistry of carbohydrates and especially starch .
In 1938 he received the Laura R. Leonard Prize of the Colloid Society and in 1940 the August Wilhelm von Hofmann memorial coin . He was chairman of the Slovenian Chemical Society and a member of the Leopoldina .
Fonts
- The strength, in: Julius von Wiesner (Ed.) The raw materials of the plant kingdom, 5th delivery, 5th edition, Weinheim: Cramer 1966
- Colloid chemistry of starch, Dresden: Steinkopff 1927
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography in Drago Medved, Slovenian Vienna 1995.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Samec, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kamnik |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1964 |
| Place of death | Ljubljana |